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Three Counties Kitchen
From left to right: Sara Abbott, Me, Nick Coffer (behind), Phil Fanning I'm not the sort of person that readily steps in to the limelight, so when I was invited (through Twitter) to take part on a local radio programme I had some[...] |
A meal in three counties….
This might be the culinary equivilant of the old spoof British Airways ad…Breakfast in London, Diner in New York (baggage in Rio!) – but as it was my turn to return Caroline, Oscar and Poppy to their island fortress dinner tonight[...] |
Harvest Home
Yesterday was the final apple picking session of this years cidermaking season. Fittingly the orchard was bathed in Autumn sunshine, and whilst not exactly warm, it wasn't a bad way to finish things off considering the way the weather[...] |
Harvest Home
The final harvest of the 2009 season is in. 48 sacks of Vilberie cider apples, plus 22 sacks of unknown yellow sharp apples and a few cookers to blend in. That's about a ton, and I've got my work cut out to press them over the next two days...[...] |
Drawing Breath
That was one hell of a hard frost we had last night. A twinklingly clear night sky, and temperatures down to -6°C conspired to make things as crispy as a Findus Pancake underfoot. The orchard trees look sugar-frosted, and the poor Rockingham[...] |
Sweet Not Sour
We had another successful day in the Worcestershire orchard yesterday, which was pleasant enough when the sun finally cleared the treeline, but real Winter work for most of the morning. Susan came along to help out, taunting me with her sensible[...] |
Worcester Sauce
Now isn't that a beautiful sight. Classy, stylish, fully at home in the orchard, and truly up for the job in hand. She's a real looker for sure, but underneath, a real powerhouse, never shirking from the hard graft of the Autumn harvest. I take my[...] |
A Day in the Sun
There's a slight lull in the cider and perry making, so I thought I'd post a few pics from the recent Day in Praise of the Perry Pear at the Orchard Centre in Gloucestershire. It was a fine day, characterised by lovely late Summer sunshine, and[...] |
Fruit Salad Days
The bloomin' hard graft of cidermaking could become something of a chore at this time of year. Picking, washing, milling, pressing.... cleaning, picking, washing, milling, sleeping.....picking.... I think you get the idea.[...] |
Nice Orchard Blog
We like to litter our blog with as many pretty pictures of orchards as possible. Why wouldn't we? Orchards are at the very heart of what we do. They're beautiful places to spend time in whatever the season, and of course we couldn't make cider[...] |
